Netanyahu Announces Intention to Violate Ceasefire Deal, Blocks Return of Displaced Gazans to the North

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that displaced Gazans will not be allowed to return to northern Gaza. This decision violates the ceasefire agreement, which stipulated the unrestricted return of one million displaced Gazans on Day 7 of the truce.
The agreement required Israel to permit this return following the release of seven female soldiers and settlers—four of whom were freed today, with three released last Sunday.
Netanyahu’s office claimed the ban on movement would remain until the release of Israeli settler Arbel Yehud. Netanyahu alleged that Yehud was captured by Palestinian resistance and was supposed to be freed today.
Resistance Groups Respond
A senior Hamas source told Al Jazeera that Arbel Yehud is alive and will be released next Saturday as part of the ongoing prisoner exchange. Meanwhile, an Islamic Jihad official revealed that Yehud is held by Saraya al-Quds, Islamic Jihad’s military wing.
The official clarified that Yehud is not a civilian but a trained member of the Israeli army’s space program. “Her release will occur under the agreed terms of the prisoner exchange,” the source confirmed.
Israel has intensified efforts to classify Yehud as a civilian rather than a soldier. Under the prisoner exchange deal, 50 Palestinian prisoners are released for each captured Israeli soldier, while only 30 are freed for each Israeli settler (civilian). By labeling Yehud as a civilian, Israel aims to reduce the number of Palestinian detainees it must release.
Palestinian officials and mediators have condemned Israel’s latest actions. They stated that Netanyahu is exploiting the terms of the deal to delay the return of displaced Gazans and manipulate the exchange process.